What a Great Set of Cans

Cans announces the launch of its THP cannery--in dedication to the Three Headed Productions parent company--starting Thursday, July 20th, with a $2 tribute to its inaugural microbrewery in the Cotton Mills warehouse basement.

Playing it safe with a Light, Dark, Amber, and a Belgium White (although the latter is enhanced with fresh orange and coriander), the brewery process is reduced to a three man operation of brewmaster Charles Joly, a canner filling two at a time, and a third man that we'll simply call the "lidder" sealing off the finished product. Six packs are sold for $8.99.

Since this writer prefers the more complex compositions of a lager, stout, or an IPA, I'll take the Dark, sight unseen. A Light simply questions my masculinity, an Amber reminds me of a fat girl that had a crush on me in high school, and Belgium White probably resembles a Blue Moon, a forbidden attraction accentuated by an orange slice that I appreciate only in private, in the absence of fellow men.

With born-on dating already yesterday's news among the major breweries, the local fresh canning might have some traction.
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The Mint Museum's "Mint After 5," reserved for the third Friday of each summer month and hosted by their Young Affiliates of the Mint sibling, invites you to their North Tryon rooftop deck for its happy hour affair starting at 6:00.

We'll call it the perfect weekend prelude; nowhere else will you get all you can drink, eat, and music for twenty bucks, unless you're me, enjoying the rare media pass.
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The area's latest addition to the philanthropy pool is Guys with Ties, comprised of five native Charlotteans applying for 503(c)(3) status as a nonprofit organization seeking the usual greater good.

Saturday, July 22nd's "Concert for a Cause," expected to attract some two to three thousand patrons, will benefit the Misty Meadows Mitey Riders, a horseback therapy offered to area youths afflicted with Downs, CP, autism, and more.

Scheduled acts include national touring act Two Step, MTV college band finalist Rhymes with Orange, and local fave Dear Carolina.

Tickets are ten bucks in advance at Dixie's online and fifteen day of the show.

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